8 thoughts on “The First Question Ever Asked a Human Being”

For me discipline is the key. Self-Denial. Simplicity. Prayer. Study. Contemplation. Community. I find the more I am centered on Christ through these intentional avenues the more in step and in tune with Him I become. But more and more I am realizing that silence and solitude exponentially aid in the “re-centering” and reorienting of life. To step away from all of the noise of life and be silent with God. All spiritual disciples are crucial. But practicing the presence of God in silence before Him on a daily basis has proven (is proving) extremely beneficial for me.

Not to force the conversation in a different direction, but I think it’s worth reminding you that they didn’t blame each other. Eve blamed the serpent, not her husband. She did attempt to justify her behavior, but not by pointing out what Adam did to her.

Of course you are right in that Eve did not blame Adam but the serpent. However, after reading the text again, it does seem to me that in Adam’s conversation with God (3:12), she did blame Eve and seemed to blame the Lord God as well (“The woman you put here with me — she gave me some fruit…”).

They did not blame one another in conversation with each other. Perhaps that is what you meant.

I came to visit your site and I just had to leave a comment on this post. Wow, what an attention grabbing beginning! I love creative writing and this captured my imagination right away and compelled me to keep reading.
I also like the way you took this familiar story and interjected it with questions and scenes we could relate to for example how we play the blame game.
Good writing and most of all thanks for making an familiar story fresh and relevant.
Keep up the good writing!

Thank you for this Jim. Somehow this became the skeleton of my sermon for this morning. And is leading my list of possible sermons as I teach the first night of camp in a couple weeks. I just think its a great question to ask on the first night of camp.

Just so you know. I will ask the group of teenagers at Bandina Youth Camp tonight. Where are you? and challenge them to evaluate their relationship with God as the week goes ahead. Thank you for this great thought.